Essay

In the 1960s idealistic student activists had flocked to the anti-war campaigns, but by 1980, the context for politically aware music had changed. The tail end of the Baby Boom generation had developed a consciousness that encompassed a critique of American imperialism beyond Vietnam, while the younger Generation X, those born between 1965 and 1976, came of age questioning the dichotomy of Cold War politics and the threat of nuclear annihilation.